Brittney Jo Wallace, a 29-year-old woman from Claremore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing child pornography involving her young child.
On April 28, 2021, Wallace pleaded guilty to production of child pornography by a parent. She admitted to taking sexually explicit photographs of her toddler on Sept. 26, 2015, using her cell phone.
In 2016, Wallace’s children were taken from the home after a doctor found signs of severe child abuse. The defendant’s parental rights were later terminated. During the 2016 investigation, authorities seized Wallace’s phone, which was later suppressed. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals later found the seizure and subsequent search of her phone were proper, and the phone was turned over to investigators.
When authorities conducted a forensic examination of the phone, they discovered the child pornography. On March 1, 2021, the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Wallace on a federal arrest warrant. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, Rogers County Sheriff’s Office, and Claremore Police Department conducted the investigation.
assistant U.S. Attorneys Tilli Villalobos and Chris Nassar are prosecuting the case. AUSA Villalobos is a prosecutor from the District of New Mexico, who volunteered to assist prosecution efforts here in the Northern District of Oklahoma due to increased jurisdictional responsibilities regarding crimes involving Native American victims or defendants and that occur within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Cherokee Nation Reservations.
“Brittney Wallace will spend the next 25 years in federal prison for taking sexually explicit photographs of her own child,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Thanks to the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tilli Villalobos and Chris Nassar along with detectives and agents with OSBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Tulsa’s Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation Task Force this child predator is behind bars.”
Ricky Adams, Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, added, “We believe in giving a voice to the voiceless. The child involved in this case was just a toddler. Our ICAC Agents worked diligently, along with our other partners involved in this investigation, to give that child a voice. We are proud to have substantially contributed to the effort to get this predator off the street and to ensure justice is served.”
If you suspect a child is being sexually exploited, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children immediately at 1-800-THE-LOST or cybertipline.org. You can also contact the OSBI ICAC Unit at (800) 522-8017 or tips@osbi.ok.gov.
Related Federal Cases
- Bradley Don Goodin, Sexually Abusing a Young Child, Oklahoma 2021 · Oklahoma
- John Doe, Child Pornography Possession, Alaska 2023 · Oklahoma
- John Doe, Child Pornography Distribution, California 2020 · Oklahoma
- James Johnson, Child Exploitation, Alabama 2022 · Oklahoma
- John Doe, Child Sex Abuse, Virginia 2023 · Oklahoma
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS
Sex CrimesSex CrimesSex CrimesSex Crimes